Fragile moralities and dangerous sexualities: two centuries of semi-penal institutionalisation for women
Auteur :
Barton, Alana
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780367604417
Date de publication :
30 juin 2020
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
340 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In this book Alana Barton explores the social control and disciplining of unruly and ’deviant’ women from the early nineteenth century to the present day. She focuses in particular on the ’semi penal’ institution, a category that includes refuges, reformatories and homes. She suggests that these occupy a unique position within the social control ’c